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Kooyeen wrote:Anyway, I'm not sure I'm right, because I just looked for some video about that, on Youtube, because I wanted to "hear" it. It turned out on CBS they said "Britney Spears sister", not "Spears's".Hi KooyeenYou may be interested in what Otto Jespersen says about the genitive in his...

Hi!Is there any difference between "John's school" and "the school of John"?Do they both express that "this is the school where is John going to"?Thanks

Cool Breeze wrote: Yankee wrote:I still find "It is a 10 minutes' meeting" odd. And I still think the most common usage of this construction (when talking about time) is with the word 'time'.Hi YankeeThe oddness doubtless stems from the genitive (minutes'), which is between the article (a) and...

Yankee wrote:I still find "It is a 10 minutes' meeting" odd. And I still think the most common usage of this construction (when talking about time) is with the word 'time'.Hi YankeeThe oddness doubtless stems from the genitive (minutes'), which is between the article (a) and the word it...

Grammar Geek wrote:What is the context for It's 10 minutes' meeting or It's a 10 minutes' meeting? Those don't sound normal at all! So I'm missing something. It's a meeting of 10 minutes sounds grammatical, but not natural. But my mind doesn't rebel against it like the two above. Hi GGI was...

AVim wrote:Assume I have a big name list. If I want to refer to them, which one is better? They are 1) names of people 2) names of people's 3) names of persons' 4) names of persons 5) people's names 6) persons' names Thanks. Those highlighted in yellow are correct.

That's a (big) list of (people's) names. CJ

Assume I have a big name list. If I want to refer to them, which one is better? They are 1) names of people 2) names of people's 3) names of persons' 4) names of persons 5) people's names 6) persons' names Thanks.

CalifJim wrote: Light from several lanterns filled the room with a soft glow. Laughter of children was heard on the playground. Hmm. Do these have to be The light ... and The laughter ... ? I certainly don't want to criticize Steinbeck's English at all. I dealt with the of-genitive in...

CalifJim wrote:CB, I hate to disagree, because your comments are always so very helpful and appropriate, and you are such a valuable resource on the forum. Nevertheless, I don't think any poetic license whatever is involved here. Thank you for your kind words, Jim. As English is not my...